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After being sent a WilliamsWarn kit, Josh Rudd from Off-Site HQ took a break from his brown bottled beers to give homebrewing a crack. The after work beer. The airport beer. The post-game changing room beer. The shower beer. The Friday beer. The filleting fish beer. The spa pool beer....

Adventure specialist Steve Dickinson has nearly done it all when it comes to outdoor activities, but a recent trip to the South Island provided him with a new favourite. Wanakabased Wild Wire has brought an ancient mode of climbing to NZ waterfalls, and it’s every bit as good as it...

A beginner’s guide for summer saltwater action If you’ve been thinking about giving lure fishing a crack but haven’t quite known where to begin, Nick Jones has the answers. He provides all the info you need to get started with lures this summer. There is something incredibly satisfying about fooling...

Off-Site Editor Ethan Neville had heard rumours about the Chums. Their merch was popping up in strange places, and some of their catches were getting a bit of attention online. After investigating further, he saw that they have been landing 20lb+ snapper most weekends, and even more fittingly, are a...

Once a year, the scared land of Motatapu is temporarily available to riders. Keen mountain biker Malcom Dawson headed down south this year to take advantage of this window, and was blown away by the event. After my regular riding mate did the Motatapu in Otago a couple years ago...

For avid freshwater angler Josiah Atkinson, summer brings some of the most exciting trout fishing of the year – but this doesn’t mean it’s the easiest time to catch fish. He lets us in on some of his tips and tricks for landing more trout in summer. The cicadas are...

Lockdown caused a bit of chaos around the country. People were venturing off into uncertainty, and there was global confusion as we tried to comprehend the unfathomable. We were all riding through the same storm, but in different boats, and I was feeling the pinch too, after losing my bread...

Marion was 28 when she arrived in New Zealand on a yacht. She had sailed from San Diego with friends of her family on their second attempt to reach NZ by boat; the first was a few years prior. Marion had been invited on that trip too but turned down...

When Alert Level 4 hit NZ a few months back, all of us fishermen and boaties were left land-locked for several weeks. Level 3, however, saw every ocean-going Kiwi rummaging around in their sheds or under the house for that kayak they hadn’t used for a year or two, but...

Imagine, it’s dark, and there is no light whatsoever; not a moon or star, just black. You are squeezed between two rock walls oozing with slime and mud, but there is just enough room to get your head through if you turn it sideways and suck in your breath. This...